Doc Holiday

Looking impressive Tom Gunner, keep an eye on that torch coral though it will grow very rapidly and kill just about anything it touches.

Euphillia kicks a mean punch it took me hours to get over it My torch coral seems to kill anything it touchs same with the frogspan, basically LPS corals seem to have more dominance over the rest.

It has been installed as directed in the instruction manual

Try and aim for a watt per litre which is easier achieved with T5's that should be more than sufficent for what you planning on keeping. Even though I only have a few flouros my tank is supplemented with about 3 hours of natural sunlight.

they are left from my freshwater setup, thought I would trial them and see how they go. I think they bring out the colours better but thats just my opinion.

I second that, you couldn't go wrong using an eheim.

Wattage is irrelevant becuase it is dependant on tube length, my tank is 5' wide and I have 2 30" bulbs to cover the width. In all I have 6 bulbs 2 white 2 pink and 2 blue.

I'm just running flouros for now but will eventually upgrade to t5s or 150w halides but flouros are sufficient for softies and lps's

As long as it is well feed it will leave the corals alone

Here is some photos of some of the corals There are a few others but I haven't managed to get decent photos of them yet

I have been very busy latley but I have finally managed to take some picks. This is the latest addition to the tank a spotcheek surgeon and my other fish is a spotted opal unicorn tang The only other inhabitant apart from the corals is a cleaner shrimp but haven't managed to get his photo yet.

Most reefs fluctuate between 23 and 32 degrees and have been knowen to get up to 35 degrees with little or no effect on it's inhabitants, I don't see any reason to hit panic stations if the temp rises a little unless it stays there for a prolonged amount of time

Remember this Man it seemed like it was yesterday, I'm ecited to see how this upgrade comes along :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Thats pretty interesting, I was wondering why I had such good Coralline growth and now I know why. I have only one fish and a handful of corals, My PH is constant on 8.4 and alkalinity is always high on about 10 - 12 dkh and I also have a strong water flow, this seems to all contribute to an enviroment prevered by coraline algae. I do not know how much phosphates have do with it but I can gaurantee you that mine are not at altra low levels.

Just an insight to the new pumps the video is quite impressive http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/catalo ... a1a0718841